Eddie Garrido - In a Dream (2016)

Tracklist
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01. Flying Through
02. In a Dream
03. Spanish Prayer
04. Echoes in the Dark
05. David G (It's a G Thing)
06. Bossatta
07. The Time Has Come
08. Playing in the Key of T
09. Kristin (Dancing in the Key of K)
10. What's the Point? (Dancing in the Key of U)


This is Eddie Garrido, I invite you to listen and hopefully purchase this album. Unlike my other albums that have been pop this is a Smooth Jazz album. It grooves and it's very chilled at times. Smooth Jazz has always been a passion of mine, and I am very happy with this production and I hope you will be too, and if so please share it with all your friends that love this genre. Although in my other productions I do show some jazzy influence, I've always tried to keep it Pop, here I believe I expanded and stretched my self. One of the main differences from other productions is the fact that there is no singing at all, The entire album is a collection of instrumental songs that I believe make great background music or something to listen in your car as your cruising. I think you will like it and to quote Creative Loafin Magazine when they wrote about my music, " It's great music that only grows in stature if you take the time to listen" I hope you do take the time to listen and please Share, Tweet, and write about it let me share with you what someone wrote in a review of this album:

This album is a collection of smooth jazz grooves merged with strong melodic themes. An eclectic collage of sounds reminiscing of what smooth jazz use to be, yet combining classic sounds with some more modern sonic textures, while also echoing some obvious influences. For example the first track "Flying Through" echoing of what sounds to me like a Jeff Lorber or Jan Hammer influence, a delightful happy Jazzy/Funky tune. Both songs "In A Dream" and "Echoes In The Dark" track 2 and 4 respectively, made me think of Pat Metheny a little bit, yet the song constructions are simple and logical, almost with a nostalgic 80s - 90s LoFi feel. The third track sounded to me like almost flamenco. I may have been influenced by the title "Spanish Prayer" yet I don't think he's using real guitars, just enough of something to ad a pseudo/flamenco feel. This track is also very melodic, in fact there were no solos on this song as in the other tracks.
The fifth track entitled "David" Started reminding me of Bob James until a Trumpet broke out, which transported me to Chuck Mangione, and I also have to mention that I enjoyed the bass lines and how tight they moved with the rest of the horns, some times with what I would describe as a Progressive Rock sound almost as if the spirit of the late Chris Squire was playing with a Big Band. The sixth song "Bossatta" was morphing between funky and Brazilian rhythms it really made me happy! The seventh tune sounded to me very European. I don't know where this artist is from but, there is definitely a Latin flare to some of the tracks, and this particular track entitled "The Time Has Come" features accordion and violin. It sounds to me a little bit like a theme song from a Soup Opera with some nice improvisations but, make up your own mind, my wife loves it, and it's her favorite track of the entire production, as for me, I was about to loose interest until "Playing In The Key Of T" the eight track. The album recapture my attention, and the production took an unexpected turn! It was like Aaron Copland showed up! I loved that the artist had the audacity to add this track to the album, it was like a palate cleanser to lead us to the follwoing two tracks, "Kristin (Dancing In The Key Of K)" and "What's The Point? (Dancing In The Key Of U)" Both tracks that start with beautiful piano themes that develop into slow jazz swing improvisations, creating a mood almost reminiscing of, Dave Grusin and I'll dare say Bill Evans. I really enjoyed this album and it has earned a spot on my playlist rotation, specially if I'm entertaining, cause it's also lovely and delightful background music. Judging by this artist's previous albums he may be new to what I like to call the Pseudo/Jazzy scene, but I look forward to hearing more of his music, and these type of productions.

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